Tough Penalties For Avoiding Employee Entitlements
There are tough penalties for company directors avoiding employee entitlements. The Corporations Amendment (Strengthening Protections for Employee Entitlements) Act 2019 made amendments to the Corporations Act 2001 which strengthened the Act’s ability to deter and punish company directors and others that seek to avoid their employee entitlement obligations. It also introduced measures to protect such […]
Penalties ordered against Employer and Directors personally for breaches of the Fair Work Act
The Fair Work Ombudsman is taking an increasingly aggressive approach in seeking to recover civil penalties from employers who have failed to pay their employees in accordance with the applicable Modern Award. In the case of Fair Work Ombudsman v Mamak Pty Ltd [2016] FCCA 2104, Judge Smith of the Federal Circuit Court ordered Mamak, […]